Tha Ap 524Pecchadāyaka

– Therāpadāna

– The Legends of the Theras

519. {522.} Pecchadāyaka

Walt 5550 I gifted one thing called peccha ,

with great pleasure, with both my hands,

to Vipassi, the Blessed One,

the World’s Best One, the Neutral One. Verse 1

Walt 5551 Elephant and horse vehicles,

divine vehicles are obtained;

due to that gift of a peccha ,

I attained my arahantship. Verse 2

Walt 5552 In the ninety-one aeons since

I gave him that peccha back then,

I’ve come to know no bad rebirth:

the fruit of giving a peccha . Verse 3

Walt 5553 My defilements are now burnt up;

all new existence is destroyed.

Like elephants with broken chains,

I am living without constraint. Verse 10

Walt 5554 Being in Best Buddha’s presence

was a very good thing for me.

The three knowledges are attained;

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 11

Walt 5555 The four analytical modes,

and these eight deliverances,

six special knowledges mastered,

I have done what the Buddha taught! Verse 12

Thus indeed Venerable Pecchadāyaka Thera spoke these verses.

The legend of Pecchadāyaka Thera is finished.

Translated by Jonathan S. Walters .

Whitman College, 2017

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